I hope the conference will be of interest and folks will be able to join. Please forward this to any regional lists, or people you think might be interested in attending. Thank you, Adam Conference announcement *ICANN and Global Internet Governance: The Road to São Paulo, and Beyond* Friday 21 March 2014, Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore A conference to be held on Friday 21 March 2014 at the ICANN 49 meeting venue, the Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore, in the Olivia Room, from 10:00 to 18:00. Organized by the NonCommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) of the Generic Names Supporting Organization, with the generous support of ICANN. The NETMundial Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of the Internet Governance will be held in São Paulo, Brazil on 27-28 April 2014. Initiated by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé, and co-organized by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee and /1Net, the meeting will bring together a wide range of government, business, technical community, civil society and academic participants from around the world. The organizers describe its objectives as, "crafting Internet governance principles and proposing a roadmap for the further evolution of the Internet governance ecosystem." The purpose of this NCUC conference is to provide a first opportunity for intensive dialogue on the main substantive topics likely to be addressed in São Paulo. Stakeholders from across the ICANN community have expressed a range of views and uncertainties about the meeting’s precise substantive focus, expected outcomes, and potential significance in the continuing evolution of the global Internet governance ecosystem. It is hoped that the NCUC conference will help the community and interested local guests from Singapore to work through the issues at stake and to prepare for its participation in the NETMundial. View the program <http://www.ncuc.org/singapore2014/programme/> Register to attend <http://www.amiando.com/NCUC49.html> On Site Participation The meeting is free of charge and open to all members of the ICANN community and others interested to attend. People wishing to attend must register for the conference and indicate whether they wish to be included in the lunch and/or the reception. Attendees must also register for the ICANN meeting in order to access the conference venue. ICANN meeting registration is free of charge <http://singapore49.icann.org/en/>. Remote Participation ICANN technical staff will provide live remote participation via Adobe Connect. They also will videotape the conference for subsequent web access. Details are forthcoming and will be available both here and via the main ICANN meeting web site. Written Inputs Members of the ICANN community are invited to provide personal or organizational written inputs related to the four panel topics indicated on the conference program. These will be added to the online repository associated with each of the sessions. If interested, please send your inputs to ncuc@ncuc.org. END